duplicate

American  

[doo-pli-kit, dyoo-, doo-pli-keyt, dyoo-] / ˈdu plɪ kɪt, ˈdyu-, ˈdu plɪˌkeɪt, ˈdyu- /

noun

1. a copy exactly like an original.

   Synonyms:

   reproduction, replica, facsimile

   Antonyms:

   original

2. anything corresponding in all respects to something else.

3. Cards. a duplicate game.

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verb (used with object)

duplicated, duplicating

1. to make an exact copy of.

2. to do or perform again; repeat.

   He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets.

3. to double; make twofold.

verb (used without object)

duplicated, duplicating

1. to become duplicate.

adjective

1. exactly like or corresponding to something else.

   duplicate copies of a letter.

2. consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double.

   Synonyms:

   twofold

3. Cards. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score.

idioms

1. in duplicate, in two copies, especially two identical copies.

   Please type the letter in duplicate.

duplicate British  

/ ˈdjuːplɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. copied exactly from an original

2. identical

3. existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold

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noun

1. an exact copy; double

2. something additional or supplementary of the same kind

3. two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate )

verb

1. (tr) to make a replica of

2. (tr) to do or make again

3. (tr) to make in a pair; make double

4. (intr) biology to reproduce by dividing into two identical parts

   the chromosomes duplicated in mitosis

Related Words

See imitate.

Other Word Forms

• duplicability noun
• duplicable adjective
• duplicately adverb
• duplicative adjective
• nonduplicating adjective
• preduplicate verb (used with object)
• quasi-duplicate adjective
• self-duplicating adjective
• unduplicated adjective

Etymology

Origin of duplicate

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin duplicātus (past participle of duplicāre “to make double”), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex ) duplex + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

On one hand, “someone can argue that Block is not exactly a poster child of an efficiently run company,” noting “duplicate cost functions across Block” on a historical basis.

From MarketWatch

The task force will “determine whether educational services rendered by VMI are duplicated at other institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth” and “evaluate the relative cost to the Commonwealth and taxpayers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Under the law, the Justice Department can withhold files if they are duplicates; fall under attorney-client privilege; could hurt a continuing investigation or are completely unrelated to the Epstein and Maxwell cases.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the iCloud Photos section, tap Manage Storage, where you can merge duplicates and delete large files.

From The Wall Street Journal

Because we have these barriers to the single market, because we still have processes that are overly complicated, duplicated in many ways.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• clone
• copy
• imitate
• mirror
• replicate
• reproduce